How we did it

So we went live as planned on Friday, on the date we decided back in December and only 2% over budget. This was the first phase of a major site refresh project, and I also believe we will go live with the second phase as planned in early October.

I see no reason why we won’t [...]

Don’t call me a project manager

I hate the term “project management” with a passion.

That might come as a surprise to those who know that I am currently “managing” a large and commercially important web project at work. And not as a surprise to those who know how much I hate bureaucracy and admin as a general rule.

But allow me to [...]

Change

This morning I saw a story on CNN about change.gov. It’s a website set up by the Obama transition team to harvest ideas and feedback on their policies, priorities and so on.

When browsing for it, I accidentally discovered another “change” website. This one is change.org, calling itself a “social action network”.

The great thing about these [...]

Thinking like a net-gener

Yesterday I read Don Tapscott’s brilliant article in the Guardian. (He was the guy who wrote the excellent book, Wikinomics). It helped me feel that I wasn’t being unreasonable in wanting to find somewhere where “work” could be “fun”. Hey, there is a whole generation of people who think that way.

He sums the dilemma up [...]